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[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

Who: Lyvus and visitors
Where: Lyvress
When: Day 295, post-game
What: after game cuddlepile

[Four revived-but-not-completely-healed Corvi and a bitten-but-not-bleeding survived Lynx coming back from the Arena. Everything is terrible and everything hurts, but at least we got memories.]

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[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

Is that bad...?

[nevercomingback.insanejournal.com]

No.

[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

Then it's all right, isn't it?

[nevercomingback.insanejournal.com]

[H-hahaha aside from a certain talk with Lelouch... Not going to say anything.]

[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

[breaking away from the hug, but he still has his hands on Dagger's shoulders]

Do you want to sleep downstairs with everyone like last time...? We can have Lynx take care of the mattresses.

[nevercomingback.insanejournal.com]

If you'll let me...?

[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

Why wouldn't we...?

Dagger, no one is mad at you. What I said earlier, about loving you and believing in you— and how I wouldn't be able to hate you, too. It applies to everyone here.

[nevercomingback.insanejournal.com]

[. . .]

I'll come down.

[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

All right. Then I'll make sure to ask the others for help.

[and he hugs him again, before letting him go]

Dagger...?

[nevercomingback.insanejournal.com]

What...?

[Going to try to get to his feet again, in that case.]

[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

[moving a hand over his own chest, close to the heart]

If something hurts you, talking about it can help. I know talking is especially hard sometimes, but... if you need someone to hold your hand, I'll take it. I'm here— we all are here for you. That goes double for when we just got out of a bad game.

[nevercomingback.insanejournal.com]

[Just stares at him, also isn't that close to the stab wound? :x]

It's not like talking will change anything.

[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

[yes, yes it is. He isn't pressing and Lelouch used heal materia on it, so he's not hurting himself just for the sake of being symbolic]

It won't change what happened, but it can change your feelings. It can take some of the burden off.

[nevercomingback.insanejournal.com]

What do you want me to talk about?

[devilishfiend.insanejournal.com]

Anything. What I'm trying to say is that if something is on your mind, or if something happened that makes you want to cry... I want to be able to stay with you.

[nevercomingback.insanejournal.com]

Let's just go downstairs.